Extraordinary Women with Cameras

35 Photographers Who Changed How We See the World

Vanessa Perez, Darcy Reed

• Publisher: Rocky Nook
• eBook ISBN:
  9781681988801
• Year: 2022

Explore 35 of the most groundbreaking, creative female photographers in history and modern times!

Ever since photography was invented almost 200 years ago, women have broken barriers and influenced the artform. Now, this first-ever children's book about women photographers tells the stories of 35 of the most talented historical and contemporary shutterbugs.

Filled with colorful illustrations, this book includes stories about Dorthea Lange's haunting portraits of American history, Margaret Bourke-White's bravery as the first female war correspondent in WWII, Florestine Perrault Collins' influential images depicting Black life in the 1920s, and many more. Including explanations of key photography terms, photo project ideas, and suggestions for other women photographers to study, this charming book will inspire children to pick up a camera and make their own incredible photographs.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Dorothea Lange,
• Vivian Maier,
• Annie Leibovitz,
• Ming Smith,
• Anne Geddes,
• Margaret Bourke-White,
• Kunié Sugiura,
• Diane Arbus,
• Eve Arnold,
• Cindy Sherman,
• Florestine Perrault Collins,
• Imogen Cunningham,
• Christina Broom,
• Helen Levitt,
• Sally Mann,
• Lee Miller,
• Carrie Mae Weems,
• Martha Holmes,
• Frances Benjamin Johnston,
• Jill Greenberg,
• Anna Atkins,
• Germaine Krull,
• Dayanita Singh,
• Ilse Bing,
• Mary Ellen Mark,
• Francesca Woodman,
• Gertrude Käsebier,
• Dulce Pinzón,
• Gerda Taro,
• Sarah Moon,
• Berenice Abbott,
• Julia Margaret Cameron,
• Gisèle Freund,
• Rinko Kawauchi,
• Coreen Simpson,
• Further Exploring
• About the Creators